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Recent infrared aerial photographs of the Nashville area flooding were taken by TN Department of Transportation.  Generally TDOT charges for their imagery, however, according to folks at TDOT, these photos may soon become available to state and local governments for free.

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TDOT flew Monday, May 3rd – Saturday, May 7th over major flood areas.  As you can imagine, some of the later photos taken Friday and Saturday did not capture the full flood epidemic.   The good news is that we have the flight patterns.  Hopefully some of you will be able to incorporate these photos into your GIS soon.

No wonder it took all week, they flew all over the place!  Oh, and thanks for the screenshots Google Earth.  -We obtained all data through a standard query using appropriate communication channels.

We thought you might be interested in a few different views of the luge track at Whistler Creekside.  Check out more luge photos and the latest info at http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-luge/

Yesterday, Kentucky Space successfully launched a space balloon, nearly into space, in Bowling Green, KY. The balloon brought back amazing pictures of the earth’s surface that look very similar to something you would see from a space shuttle. Congratulations to the Kentucky Space team for this accomplishment. Pictures of the Launch can be seen by Clicking here . Click here for the Balloon’s eye view from space.

from the Herald Leader by Michael White
Reaching 91,277 feet, above 99 percent of the atmosphere, the balloon’s cameras were able to capture the curvature of the Earth and the blackness of space, similar to the view from space shuttles.

From the Kentucky Space Website:
Kentucky Space is a non-profit enterprise involving a consortium of universities and private organizations for the purpose of pursuing space related education, R&D, small satellite design and launch operations.